• About CIVIC

    CIVIC is a Washington-based non-profit organization that believes the civilians injured and the families of those killed should be recognized and helped by the warring parties involved.

    On this blog, you will find stories from our travels around the world as we meet with civilians and military, aid organizations and government in our quest to get war victims the help they need.

  • Countries

  • Guest Bloggers

    Ana, working on human rights issues in Afghanistan

    Marc Garlasco, senior military analyst at HRW, CIVIC board member

    Michael, aid and peace-building expert working in Darfur

    More coming soon!

  • Contributors

    Sarah, Executive Director.

    Marla B, Associate Director.

    Erica, CIVIC's fellow based in Afghanistan

    Jon, CIVIC's US military consultant.

  • Media Content

Lingering Woes of War

Posted By: Sarah
If you know CIVIC, you know we stay above the fray of politics. It’s not often easy, but we want to focus on the suffering of war victims without getting diverted from their faces, stories, and needs.
Who was hurt? How? What help do they need?
This trip to Lebanon and Israel has made [...]

VIDEO BLOG: Israel… working out the details

Posted By: Marla B.
Hey there… as you saw from the previous video, Sarah and I are now in Jerusalem talking to everyone we know and working on finding the correct person to take us up to the North. It is important that we get someone who knows the landscape, the people and can get [...]

VIDEO BLOG: We’ve arrived in Israel

Posted By: Marla B.
CIVIC arrives in Israel.

VIDEO BLOG: South Lebanon

Posted By: Marla B.
CIVIC’s executive director, Sarah Holewinski, discusses our recent trip to South Lebanon.
NOTE: There are fewer videos from Lebanon as we had a hard time uploading. As we create the entire story you will see our equal coverage of both sides.

Lebanon to Israel… via Jordan

Posted By: Sarah
We’re in Israel now, but only just. Having grown fond of the many wonderful people we met in southern Lebanon, our departure seemed to come almost too soon.
Still, we were able to accomplish so much in those five days. The devastation suffered by civilians in war is gut wrenching to see [...]